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Finding That Special Green Person

Posted on: Saturday, 16 August 2008, 15:40 CDT

Green has certainly gone mainstream, even singles looking for love can find their soul mate with the help of an eco-friendly website.

Green dating officially got its start about five years ago, around the same time niche sites like LargeFriends.com and EquestrianSingles.com began cropping up.

GreenSingles.com, is a personal-connection site for people in the environmental, vegetarian and animal-rights communities. It promises to connect singles that share a "global consciousness influenced by holistic philosophies, green politics and a willingness to explore the mind, body and spirit".

The Green Singles website asks users, "What's Your Shade of Green?"  Curious minds can search between the ages of 18 and 95, and in the United States and the European Community.

But Green Singles, isn't the only eco-friendly dating service in the garden. DemocraticSingles.net ponied up 86 matches from a pool of more than 25,000 environmentally and politically aware mates, including one guy interested in "trees, mountains, sex, wild birds and conversation".

Earth Wise Singles (ewsingles.com) offers green-living and environmentally responsible adults, friends of Mother Earth, organic gardeners, farmers, and ranchers a chance at companionship. The community includes lovers of nature and the outdoors, those concerned about human rights and world peace, and also adults who are interested in alternative and holistic medicine.

EthicalSingles.com is a matchmaking site for people concerned about human rights, animal rights, pollution, global warming, genetic engineering, organic farming, timber sourcing, and circus animals.

And just because you may love Mother Earth and her rich history, another service speeds up the "green" dating phenomenon.

GreenSpeedDating.com, touts itself as a new way for singles to find "carbon neutral love." Only around for a matter of months, the L.A.-based Web site recently held its first event in Santa Monica in which 16 singles hiked, biked, bused and drove to a bar for complimentary fruits and veggies and a raft of three-minute mini-dates.

In June, Portland's Pedalpalooza sponsored a "bicycle speed dating" event, drawing 40 single cyclists in all their helmet-haired glory. And in the same state of Washington, SeattleGreenDrinks.org, holds a big green monster of a gathering the second Tuesday of each month.

Source: redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports

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